CANONSBURG, Pa., Jan. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Rice Energy Inc. (the "Company") today announced the completion of its initial public offering of 50,000,000 shares of its common stock at a price to the public of $21.00 per share, including 6,000,000 shares pursuant to the partial exercise by the underwriters of their option to purchase additional common stock from the selling stockholder named in the registration statement. The Company sold 30,000,000 shares of its common stock, and the selling stockholder sold 20,000,000 shares of the Company's common stock.

DENVER--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2014--
MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P.
(NYSE: MWE) (“MarkWest”) (the “Partnership”) announced today an operational update regarding the development of midstream infrastructure projects in the liquids-rich areas of the Marcellus and Utica Shales. In the last four months, MarkWest has commenced operations of seven major infrastructure projects in the Northeast including five new cryogenic processing plants totaling 1 billion cubic feet per day (Bcf/d) of capacity and two fractionation facilities totaling 98,000 barrels per day (Bbl/d) of C2+ fractionation capacity. MarkWest continues to expand its leading midstream presence throughout the Northeast and currently has 17 major processing and fractionation projects under construction. These projects are occurring at nine locations in
Ohio
,
Pennsylvania
, and
West Virginia
and are expected to increase the Partnership’s total processing capacity to approximately 4.7 Bcf/d and total fractionation capacity in the region to over 400,000 barrels per day (Bbl/d).

PITTSBURGH
,
Jan. 31, 2014
/PRNewswire/ --
CONSOL Energy Inc.
(NYSE: CNX) reported pre-tax income for the quarter ended
December 31, 2013
of
$16 million
. Net income from continuing operations was
$147 million
as a result of an income tax benefit of
$131 million
arising out of a reversal of prior quarters' tax provisions. When added to income from discontinued operations, net of tax, of
$591 million
,
CONSOL Energy
reported net income of
$738 million
, or
$3.20
per diluted share, in the just-ended quarter, compared to
$150 million
, or
$0.65
per diluted share from the year-earlier quarter.

WASHINGTON, January 29, 2014 ─ Preliminary results from a new study on exports of crude oil show that consumers can save money at the pump, according to API Vice President for Regulatory and Economic Policy Kyle Isakower.

“This report shows what economists have been saying all along, that exports are good for consumers,” said Isakower. “Reversing the past mind set of energy scarcity to one of abundance means more investment in America. More investment in America leads to more American jobs, more revenue to the government, a lower trade deficit and increased security.”

Preliminary analysis from the API-commissioned study by ICF International suggests that if crude exports were allowed:

WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 30, 2014 -- Sixty groups from across the United States called on President Obama today to issue an executive order protecting water availability and quality in the U.S. from haphazard energy exploration, warning that in the absence of a national water/energy "roadmap" there will be many more "sacrifice zones" like the coal-processing chemical spill in West Virginia that contaminated the drinking water of 300,000 people and creating a federal state of emergency.

WASHINGTON, D.C.///January 30, 2014///Hundreds of large oil and gas facilities in six energy boom states -- Colorado, Louisiana, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Texas, and Wyoming – are emitting a combined 8.5 million tons of toxic chemicals each year, according to new data compiled by the nonprofit Environmental Integrity Project (EIP). The EIP report details why the toxic emissions should be reported to the public Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), managed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), but are not due to an arbitrary loophole that exempts the oil and gas extraction industry from such disclosure.

KENT: Local anti-fracking activists Dr. Ted Voneida and George Sosobee helped Environment Ohio unveil a new booklet on shale horrors.

The booklet on contamination, medical problems and declining property values around shale drilling was presented to the media at a chilly press conference on the banks of the Cuyahoga River in Kent’s Franklin Mills River Edge Park.

OKLAHOMA CITY
,
Jan. 29, 2014
(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Gulfport Energy Corporation
(Nasdaq:GPOR) ("Gulfport" or the "Company") today announced that
James Palm
, the Company's Chief Executive Officer, has informed Gulfport of his decision to retire from the Company on
February 15, 2014
. In addition,
Mr. Palm
will resign from the Company's Board of Directors effective
February 15, 2014
.

COLUMBUS- State Representative Robert F. Hagan (D-Youngstown) sent letters today to the regulators charged with overseeing the burgeoning hydraulic fracturing industry, calling on them to be proactive in protecting the health and safety of Ohio’s communities. The letters follow a recent news report that highlights the steps neighboring states are taking to prevent radioactive contamination from fracking waste.

On the Heels of Alarming New Information, Americans Against Fracking and Over 200 Groups Call on President Obama to Re-Open Investigations into Connection Between Fracking and Water Contamination in Parker County, Texas

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is working with states and will continue to do so to prevent or investigate groundwater contamination from shale gas drilling, EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy told a prominent environmental advocate.

PARIS, Jan. 23, 2014 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CGG announced today that it has extended its data library of shale acreage in the United States by completing a vast three-year multi-client 3D land seismic program targeting the Marcellus Shale Fairway. The Marcellus Shale is considered to be a leading shale play for future natural gas exploration and production in the United States.

ODESSA, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Canary, LLC of Denver, Colo., the nation’s largest independent wellhead company, today announced the acquisition of American Wellhead, LLC, a wellhead sales and service company for the Permian Basin and New Mexico. The terms of the acquisition were not disclosed.

GRAPEVINE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 21, 2014-- On
January 15, 2014
,
GreenHunter Resources, Inc.
(NYSE MKT: GRH) (NYSE MKT: GRH.PRC) (the “Company”), made certain changes in the Company’s senior management team. The Board of Directors of the Company has accepted the resignation of
Jonathan D. Hoopes
as a member of The Board of Directors and as Interim Chief Executive Officer, President and COO. Mr. Hoopes has resigned to pursue other opportunities.

On March 5th, during the 2014 Winter Meeting and Hall of Fame 8th Awards Dinner, the Ohio Oil and Gas Association will induct twelve new honorees to join the ranks of the Hall of Fame’s current 125 members.

WASHINGTON, January 23, 2014 ─ Total U.S. petroleum deliveries (a measure of demand) rose by 5.8 percent from December 2012 to average nearly 19.2 million barrels per day last month. For the fourth quarter of 2013, petroleum deliveries increased by 4.6 percent compared to the fourth quarter of 2012.

“Both demand and production in December showed strong gains over the prior year, reflecting continued progress in domestic manufacturing as well as the broader economy,” said API Chief Economist John Felmy.

Gasoline demand rose by 4.5 percent from December 2012 to average nearly 8.8 million barrels per day. Demand also increased from the prior year for distillate (5.9 percent), jet fuel (9.9 percent), “other oils” (11.1 percent) and residual fuel (40.5 percent).

Domestic crude production increased by 14.5 percent in December and 13.4 percent in the fourth quarter from 2012 levels to just over 8.1 million barrels per day–the highest level for the month in 26 years. According to the latest reports from Baker-Hughes, Inc., the number of oil and gas rigs in the U.S. in December was 1,771, up from November’s count of 1,756.

U.S. total imports were down 6.0 percent from December 2012 to average just above 9.0 million barrels per day. Crude oil imports fell 4.1 percent over the same period to 7.3 million barrels per day. Both figures marked the lowest December level in 18 years. Imports of refined products were down by 13.2 percent from December 2012 to 1.8 million barrels per day, the lowest level for the month in 16 years.

Refinery gross inputs rose by 4.6 percent from December 2012 to their highest level for the month at 16.4 million barrels per day. Exports of refined petroleum products were at 3.7 million barrels per day, up by 2.9 percent in December and 10.3 percent in the fourth quarter compared to the same periods in 2012.

Gasoline production was up by 4.2 percent from last year to the highest output for the month at 9.4 million barrels per day, just 66 thousand barrels per day below the all-time high set in July 2010. At an all-time high of nearly 5.2 million barrels per day, distillate production rose 5.7 percent from December 2012.

Crude oil stocks fell 2.4 percent from last year to end at 356.6 million barrels–but remained the second highest inventory level for the month in 32 years, since 1981. Stocks of motor gasoline ended down 4.2 percent from last year to 221.1 million barrels in December.

The refinery utilization rate averaged 92.3 percent in December, up 3.0 percentage points from November and 1.9 percentage points higher than the same period last year. API’s latest refinery operable capacity was 17.816 million barrels per day, up 2.4 percent from last year’s capacity of 17.391 million barrels per day.

API is a national trade association that represents all segments of America’s technology-driven oil and natural gas industry. Its more than 580 members – including large integrated companies, exploration and production, refining, marketing, pipeline, and marine businesses, and service and supply firms – provide most of the nation’s energy and are backed by a growing grassroots movement of more than 20 million Americans. The industry also supports 9.8 million U.S. jobs and 8 percent of the U.S. economy, delivers $85 million a day in revenue to our government, and, since 2000, has invested over $2 trillion in U.S. capital projects to advance all forms of energy, including alternatives.

Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett unveiled a resources guidebook Tuesday that markets Pennsylvania's business and energy sectors and its government programs, and billed it as a way to lure business people and investors to the state.

COLUMBUS– Today, State Representative Robert F. Hagan (D-Youngstown) pushed colleagues to consider a measure that would reflect competitive tax rates on gas and oil companies while returning the revenues to local communities. The bill stands in stark contrast to the leading GOP proposal, a measure that is widely thought to undervalue the state’s natural resources and use the revenue for a tax break that favors the most affluent Ohioans.

Muskingum University has announced a new major in petroleum geology, adding to current majors in geology, environmental science, conservation science and earth science. Muskingum also offers minors in earth science and geology.

From the Pittsburgh-based Center for Sustainable Shale Development today:

PITTSBURGH, Pa., January 21, 2014 – The Center for Sustainable Shale Development (CSSD), a collaborative between environmental organizations and energy companies to encourage prudent and responsible development of shale gas resources in the Appalachian region, announced today its independent third-party certification and verification program is now accepting applicants.

PITTSBURGH, Pa., January 21, 2014 – The Center for Sustainable Shale Development (CSSD) announced it has named Susan Packard LeGros its Executive Director. LeGros joins CSSD from Stevens & Lee, a Philadelphia-based law firm. As CSSD’s new Executive Director, she will oversee the organization as it implements its independent, third-party certification and verification process, which is based on the Center’s 15 initial performance standards. CSSD consists of a group of leading environmental organizations, philanthropic foundations, and energy companies.

PITTSBURGH, Pa., January 21, 2014 – The Center for Sustainable Shale Development (CSSD) announced the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation has joined the center as a philanthropic participant. CSSD consists of a group of leading environmental organizations, philanthropic foundations and energy companies which have partnered to provide natural gas producers in the Appalachian Basin with certification to a set of collaboratively developed, leading-edge performance standards for shale development.

OKLAHOMA CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 17, 2014-- Chesapeake Energy Corporation (NYSE:CHK) announced that it has completed the sale of 100% of its ownership interest in Chaparral Energy, Inc. (Chaparral). The transaction closed on January 13, 2014 for gross proceeds of $215 million.

Thirty-five organizations representing members from throughout Pennsylvania filed a letter today opposing SB411calling upon Senators to either table the bill or vote no on the measure. The Senate is poised to vote on SB411[1], which would amend the Environmental Good Samaritan Act (EGSA) and extend immunity for those involved in withdrawing Acid Mine Drainage (AMD) in connection with oil and gas operations and other uses offsite.

Calgary, Alberta (January 16, 2014) – NOVA Chemicals Corporation (NOVA Chemicals) today celebrated its commitment to the Sarnia, Ontario region during a ceremony to commemorate the first barrels of ethane sourced from the Marcellus Shale Basin being utilized at its Corunna, Ontario cracker.

“Reliable, affordable energy requires a 21st century system of transmission lines, pipelines, and energy infrastructure,” said Felmy. “The recent cold snap provided a chilling reminder of what happens when demand approaches the limit of our current ability to bring abundant U.S. supplies to the regions that need it most.

“A new study released last week by IHS shows that capital spending on oil and gas infrastructure increased by 60 percent between 2010 and 2013, thanks to America’s shale energy revolution. With the right policy choices, these investments will accelerate, providing a major boost to the economy, creating jobs, and strengthening the supply chain to consumers.

“In total, IHS anticipates up to $1.15 trillion in oil and gas infrastructure investments over the next 12 years, contributing as much as $120.58 billion to U.S. GDP; supporting as many as 1.15 million jobs; and providing an additional $27.45 billion in government revenues on average, annually between 2014 and 2025. These are private dollars – not public funds – ready to put shovels in the ground.

“Public officials are taking notice too. President Obama recently announced a new Quadrennial Energy Review of transmission and distribution infrastructure. Our message is simple: let’s recognize the value of investing in our energy transportation network and work together to streamline the regulatory and permitting process, so that small delays don’t potentially add up to huge costs for consumers across country.”

API is the only national trade association representing all facets of the oil and natural gas industry, which supports 9.8 million U.S. jobs and 8 percent of the U.S. economy. API’s more than 580 members include large integrated companies, as well as exploration and production, refining, marketing, pipeline, and marine businesses, and service and supply firms. They provide most of the nation’s energy and are backed by a growing grassroots movement of more than 20 million Americans.

WASHINGTON, January 16, 2014 – API President and CEO Jack Gerard made the following statement after meeting today with Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, federal regulators, and representatives from the railroad industry to discuss ways to improve the safety of transporting crude oil by rail.

“Rail safety is vitally important,” said API President and CEO Jack Gerard. “As Secretary Foxx said today, prevention must be part of our focus by keeping trains on the tracks and preventing rail accidents in the first place. Strong rail cars are an important part of the equation, but the first step is to address the root causes of rail accidents.

“API has led the way in improving the safety of rail tank cars by building since 2011 next generation tank cars that exceed federal standards. These new cars already make up nearly 25 percent of the crude oil tank car fleet and will be 60 percent by 2015. The oil and natural gas industry will continue to work with regulators and the rail industry to make shipment by rail even safer.

“The domestic energy revolution has given Americans a unique opportunity to take control of our energy future. Families and workers across the country are benefitting from new jobs, greater revenue to the government, and our strengthening energy security.”

API represents all segments of America’s oil and natural gas industry. Its more than 580 members produce, process, and distribute most of the nation’s energy. The industry also supports 9.8 million U.S. jobs and 8 percent of the U.S. economy.

RAVENNA: An overflow crowd of 125 people today filled two rooms for a public meeting arranged by the Portage County commissioners on Sunoco Logistics Partners LP and its pipeline projects.

Forty-five people filled the commissioners’ seventh-floor meeting room and another 80 watched what was billed as an educational meeting on pipelines on the first floor via an audio-only hookup — with people spilling into hallways in the county’s Administration Building on two floors.

WASHINGTON, January 15, 2014 ─ Pipelines are extremely safe and efficient for transporting energy across the United States, the industry’s continual efforts to improve the safety of the nation’s network of crude and petroleum product pipelines have reduced pipeline incidents by 62 percent from 2001-2012, according to a new report by API and the Association of Oil Pipe Lines.

“Statistically, pipelines have an almost 100 percent safety record and reaching a perfect record of safety is our industry’s goal,” said API Pipeline Director Peter Lidiak. “Key to that effort is to prevent accidents by improving inspection technology and management practices and oversight. In that regard the industry has implemented best practices that have lowered corrosion-caused spills by almost 80 percent, since 2012.”

In 2012, more than 14 billion barrels of crude oil and petroleum products were transported by almost 186,000 miles of liquids pipelines, which delivered the energy America needs to power homes, businesses and commerce. The industry also invested $1.6 billion in infrastructure safety and inspected more than 35,000 miles of pipeline with “smart-pig” in-line technology, according to the Annual Liquid Pipeline Safety Performance Report & Strategic Plan.

“Pipelines are a vital part of this nation’s infrastructure and will be critical to creating jobs, growing our nation’s economy and securing our bright energy future,” said Lidiak.

API is a national trade association that represents all segments of America’s technology-driven oil and natural gas industry. Its more than 580 members – including large integrated companies, exploration and production, refining, marketing, pipeline, and marine businesses, and service and supply firms – provide most of the nation’s energy and are backed by a growing grassroots movement of more than 20 million Americans. The industry also supports 9.8 million U.S. jobs and 8 percent of the U.S. economy, delivers $85 million a day in revenue to our government, and, since 2000, has invested over $2 trillion in U.S. capital projects to advance all forms of energy, including alternatives.

LUSBY, Md., Jan. 15, 2014 – Dominion, one of the nation’s largest energy providers, has named two officers to its Cove Point LNG Terminal team as it awaits necessary federal and state permits to begin construction of a facility to liquefy natural gas for export.

OKLAHOMA CITY & DALLAS—January 14, 2014—Devon Energy Corporation (NYSE: DVN) (“Devon”) and Crosstex Energy, L.P. (the “Partnership”) (NASDAQ: XTEX) and Crosstex Energy, Inc. (the “Corporation”) (NASDAQ: XTXI) (collectively “Crosstex”) today announced the selection of EnLink Midstream Partners, LP and EnLink Midstream, LLC as the names of their new combined midstream business following the completion of the transaction.

Across the country, retail prices for regular grade gasoline moved in tighter ranges in 2013 than in previous years. Changes in retail gasoline prices can be attributed to factors that include crude oil prices, refinery outages, inventory levels, and seasonal fuel-specification changes. Lower crude oil prices led to lower gasoline prices in 2013, with an average retail price of regular gasoline of $3.50 per gallon (gal) for the year, 11 cents per gallon lower than in 2012. Two regions in the country registered average retail pump prices below $3 per gallon for several weeks at a time during 2013. However, the weekly U.S. average price did not drop below $3/gal for the third calendar year in a row, reaching a low of $3.19/gal on November 11, and a high of $3.78/gal on February 25.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A state-sponsored study meant to examine potential pollution from the boom in natural gas drilling never actually tested key wastes from the Marcellus Shale formation, according to a West Virginia University researcher who led the effort.

Teams performing the legislatively mandated review examined only materials from the vertical portion of wells, not from the horizontal drilling at those same sites, which would have included Marcellus Shale mud and drill cuttings.

HOUSTON, Jan. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Baker Hughes Incorporated (NYSE: BHI) announced today that the U.S. onshore well count for the fourth quarter 2013 is 9,056 wells; down 19 wells from the revised 9,075 wells counted in the third quarter 2013. Compared to the fourth quarter 2012, the well count was up 398 wells or 5%. Due to improved drilling efficiencies, the average US onshore drilling rig now produces 9% more wells compared to the same quarter last year.

Jan. 8 (Bloomberg) -- Shale-gas production in China, holding the world’s biggest shale reserves, surged by more than five times last year to 200 million cubic meters, according to the Land and Resources Ministry.

WASHINGTON, DC — As the national movement to ban fracking picks up steam,MoveOn.org Civic Action is announcing a new #FrackingFighter initiative to support 100 grassroots activists who are working to ban fracking in their local communities. MoveOn is awarding a total of $50,000 to the Fracking Fighters, along with materials, training, and strategic support.

The initiative seeks to slow down the fracking boom that is anticipated to occur across the United States in 2014 and beyond. Natural gas production in the United States, led by fracking, is predicted to increase by 56% over the next 26 years [1]--propelling the country ahead of Russia and Saudi Arabia as the world’s top oil and gas producer. One major oil and gas producer, Antero Resources, whose wells are located in the Appalachians, is expected to increase its output by 76% in 2014, and 47% the year after[2]. Antero Resources uses up to 6 million gallons of water to frack a single well [3].

Despite these troubling trends, a number of communities have successfully halted fracking at the local level over the last year--demonstrating that campaigns to ban fracking at the local level can be effective. In New York, the Erie County legislature voted overwhelmingly to ban fracking on county-owned property after being pressured by local activists [4]. In Colorado, MoveOn members contributed to four successful referendums that banned or placed moratoriums on fracking in local communities[5].

Columbus, OH – The Ohio Environmental Council has created a free shale gas resource guide for anyone interested in information about shale gas drilling ("fracking"). The guide was developed especially for residents and public officials in eastern Ohio.

WASHINGTON, January 10, 2014 – Oil well drilling rose in 2013 with total oil well completions up 5 percent from 2012, according to API's 2013 Quarterly Well Completion Report.

“America’s oil industry expanded drilling in 2013 thanks in large part to access on private and state lands,” said Hazem Arafa, director of API's statistics department. “Additional access to our own vast energy resources and streamlined federal permitting would allow for more opportunities to produce U.S. energy while creating more American jobs and generating more revenue for our government."

Natural gas well completions in 2013 declined with 20 percent fewer wells than 2012, according to the report. Total number of wells completed in 2013 remained relatively unchanged with a decrease of 1 percent from 2012, while total footage drilled increased 4 percent.

API is a national trade association that represents all segments of America’s technology-driven oil and natural gas industry. Its more than 580 members – including large integrated companies, exploration and production, refining, marketing, pipeline, and marine businesses, and service and supply firms – provide most of the nation’s energy and are backed by a growing grassroots movement of more than 20 million Americans. The industry also supports 9.8 million U.S. jobs and 8 percent of the U.S. economy, delivers $85 million a day in revenue to our government, and, since 2000, has invested over $2 trillion in U.S. capital projects to advance all forms of energy, including alternatives.

# # #

The 2013 API Quarterly Well Completion Report is available for an annual subscription through API's primary distributor, Information Handling Services (IHS). If you would like to purchase an annual subscription to this report, please contact IHS at 1-800-854-7179, or visit their website at www.global.ihs.com.

Shawn Bennett of Energy in Depth-Ohio, a pro-drilling trade group, is highly critical of activists who pressured Radio Disney to end its Rocking in Ohio educational programming.

Radio Disney announced last week that it was withdrawing from the program that is designed to boost science and technology among students but drew criticism from activists opposed to drilling and fracking.

Pennsylvania's oil and gas drillers have agreed to a request from Gov. Tom Corbett that they comply with buffer zones intended to protect waterways and wetlands even though the state Supreme Court struck down those environmental rules last month.

The voluntary agreement will keep deep-shale drilling pads and conventional oil and gas wellbores at least 100 feet from those environmentally sensitive areas. The buffer zones were included in oil and gas reforms, known as Act 13, that were passed in 2012.

New York's newly released energy plan calls for increased use of renewable energy and clean technology and anticipates reduced utility bills and a more flexible distribution grid, but takes no position on hydraulic fracturing for natural gas in the fertile Marcellus Shale.

SUFFIELD TWP.: Steve Neeley did not want to get involved in Utica shale drilling.

He had invested heavily in building a country estate on 9½ acres off Pontius Road in the southwest corner of Portage County. He was concerned about hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, and wanted nothing to do with it.

A press release from FrackFree America National Coalition on Wednesday:

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A top lobbyist for Ohio's oil and gas drilling industry urged state lawmakers Wednesday to support a package of tax revisions advanced as an alternative to an earlier plan by Republican Gov. John Kasich.

Athens, OH Jan. 9, 2014 –– Athens County Fracking Action Network (ACFAN) has filed a legal appeal of the K&H 2 injection well permit issued last month by Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ONDR) Division of Oil and Gas. The well would be the second on the property owned by K&H Partners of West Virginia, in Troy Township, Athens County, and would dispose of 168,000 gallons or more of frack waste per day. The appeal is the first of an ODNR injection well permit filed in over twenty years.

NEW YORK
--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 8, 2014--
Hess Corporation
announced today that
Hess Retail Corporation
, its wholly owned subsidiary, has filed a Form 10 Registration Statement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (
SEC
).

Officials in Canada said a derailed freight train carrying crude oil and propane continued to burn Wednesday morning, while they prepared to launch aerial surveillance and more than 100 residents remained evacuated from their homes. There were no deaths or injuries.

An open house meeting to offer attendees an opportunity to provide input about the Muskingum Watershed Conservancy District’s (MWCD) plans to begin negotiating a lease on public property that it owns at Piedmont Lake in Belmont, Guernsey and Harrison counties for Utica Shale development will be held Jan. 15 at 6 p.m. in the James Carnes Center near St. Clairsville.

WASHINGTON, January 7, 2014 - API President and CEO Jack Gerard outlined API’s advocacy and messaging priorities, issued a new report, and launched a new advertising campaign during his 2014 State of American Energy speech, which focused on the impact of future policy decisions on America’s energy revolution.

“To lead the energy policy discussion and educate the public on the game changing impact of the choices our nation faces when it comes to energy policy, API’s 2014 messaging and advocacy theme is America’s Energy, America’s Choice,” Gerard said. “It distills America’s energy policy discussion down to a basic choice: An American energy future of energy abundance, self-sufficiency and global leadership or energy scarcity, dependence and economic uncertainty.”

Gerard also outlined the broad economic, geopolitical, and security benefits of record-breaking domestic oil and natural gas production in the U.S.

“We can erase what for decades has been America’s greatest economic vulnerability -- our dependence on energy sources from other continents, particularly from less stable and less friendly nations – and fundamentally alter the geopolitical landscape for decades to come, all while providing a much needed boost to our economy. But only if we get our energy policy right,” Gerard said.

Gerard also unveiled the results of a new study by IHS, which estimates that capital spending in oil and gas midstream and downstream infrastructure has increased by 60 percent between 2010 and 2013, from $56.3 billion to $89.6 billion. This increase in capital spending has provided both an economic stimulus and further proof of how shale driven oil and gas production is reshaping the U.S. oil and gas infrastructure landscape, according to the report. The IHS analysis also estimates that $85 - $90 billion of direct capital will be allocated toward oil and gas infrastructure in 2014. The IHS forecast of oil and gas infrastructure investment over the next 12 years (2014 – 2025) estimates a cumulative spending of $890 billion (in 2012 Dollars) in the base case, and $1.15 trillion in the high production case.

API is a national trade association that represents all segments of America’s technology-driven oil and natural gas industry. Its more than 580 members – including large integrated companies, exploration and production, refining, marketing, pipeline, and marine businesses, and service and supply firms – provide most of the nation’s energy and are backed by a growing grassroots movement of over 15 million Americans. The industry also supports 9.8 million U.S. jobs and 8 percent of the U.S. economy, delivers $85 million a day in revenue to our government, and, since 2000, has invested over $2 trillion in U.S. capital projects to advance all forms of energy, including alternatives.

Since 2010, the Mahoning Valley and adjacent areas have seen at least 4,000 direct and indirect jobs created from shale development and an investment of more than $5 billion, according to information compiled by the Regional Chamber.

OKLAHOMA CITY,
Jan. 7, 2014
/PRNewswire/ -- Prompted by ongoing drilling success in its onshore operations and a more focused Mid-Continent strategy,
SandRidge Energy, Inc.
(NYSE: SD) ("SandRidge") today announced the sale of its Gulf of
Mexico
business, which comprises all of SandRidge's Gulf of
Mexico
and
Gulf Coast
properties, to
Fieldwood Energy LLC
, for
$750 million
of cash and the assumption of
$370 million
of abandonment liabilities and subject to customary purchase price adjustments. SandRidge will also retain a 2.0% overriding royalty interest in certain exploration prospects. The proceeds are expected to be reinvested over time in the company's Mid-Continent drilling projects. SandRidge also announced revised guidance for 2014, including production growth of 26% in 2014, an increase from the previous guidance of 12% growth.

OKLAHOMA CITY
,
Jan. 6, 2014
(GLOBE NEWSWIRE) --
Gulfport Energy Corporation
(Nasdaq:GPOR) ("Gulfport") today announced that it achieved record daily production of approximately 27,780 barrels of oil equivalent per day ("BOEPD") on
December 31, 2013
.

HOUSTON, Jan. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) today announced that its methanol plant at Channelview, Texas, was placed into service in the fourth-quarter 2013 to take advantage of low-cost natural gas from shale formations. The unit had been out of service since 2004 due to the rising cost of natural gas, the key feedstock for methanol production.

(December 23, 2013) – WHPacific, Inc. (WHPacific), the largest Alaska Native-owned multi-discipline, professional services company in the United States, is pleased to announce the opening of its Cadiz, Ohio office. The new office, located at 227 1/2 East Warren Street, occupies the old Harcatus Head Start building. WHPacific chose to expand its offices to Cadiz, home to the Utica and Marcellus shale industry, to serve the needs of its oil and gas clients.

Antero Resources and Gulfport Energy appear to be the big winners in Ohio’s first-ever quarterly production reports from 245 horizontal wells in Ohio’s Utica shale.

The Utica shale is emerging as a gas-rich, not an oil-rich, play with sweet spots in Belmont, Monroe and Noble counties where those companies are active, said analyst Tim Rezvan of New York-based Sterne Agee.